U.S. death toll from drug overdoses is rising fast among Black and Indigenous people
“‘The disproportionate increase in overdose death rates among Blacks and American Indian/Alaska Native people may partly be due to health inequities like unequal access to substance use treatment and treatment biases,’ Dr. Debra Houry, acting principal deputy director at the CDC, told reporters on Tuesday.
Altogether, more than 91,000 people died because of drug overdoses in 2020, a historic rise of 30% compared with the year before.”